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From The Desk Of Glenn Morrow: Vinyl Wife

Glenn Morrow is a Hoboken, N.J., music treasure. He owns the influential 31-year-old Bar/None label (Yo La Tengo, They Might Be Giants, Feelies, dB’s, Of Montreal). His bands, such as the Individuals and “a,” have helped put the Mile Square City on the indie-rock map for equally as long. His latest project is Glenn Morrow’s Cry For Help, which has a new self-titled album. Morrow will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week.

Morrow: Lots of people post pictures from their album collections, but no one does it quite like the Vinyl Wife. Sonja is a married mom living in Finland. While she leans a little to the prog and metal sides of things, there’s plenty of classic rock and some Nordic rarities. Indie rock has yet to make it to her shores it seems. Occasionally she breaks it up with something like the Kamasi Washington triple-disc set. What sets her apart from other vinyl enthusiasts is the way she puts a spin on her collecting—she’s a pin-up for the needle droppers, interacting in a playful way with her many album jackets. Still waiting to see what she’ll do with that original Blind Faith album cover.